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<caption class="r systemtitle">Outcomes of Applications for Disability Benefits <br></br> Table 61. <br></br> Medical decisions at the initial adjudicative level, by year of application and program, 2008�2017</caption>
 
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<th rowspan="2">Year</th>
<th colspan="3">All decisions</th>
<th colspan="3">Decisions on applications for Social Security only</th>
<th colspan="3">Decisions on applications for both Social Security and SSI</th>
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<th>Total</th>
<th>Allowances</th>
<th>Allowance rate <sup>a</sup> (percent)</th>
<th>Total</th>
<th>Allowances</th>
<th>Allowance rate <sup>a</sup> (percent)</th>
<th>Total</th>
<th>Allowances</th>
<th>Allowance rate <sup>a,b</sup> (percent)</th>
</tr>
</thead>
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<td>&nbsp;</td><td class="c notecontent" colspan="9">All&nbsp;disabled&nbsp;beneficiaries</td>
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<tr>
<td class="l data">2008</td>
<td class="r data">      52,277</td>
<td class="r data">      30,443</td>
<td class="r data">    58.2</td>
<td class="r data">      32,867</td>
<td class="r data">      20,971</td>
<td class="r data">    63.8</td>
<td class="r data">      19,410</td>
<td class="r data">       9,472</td>
<td class="r data">    48.8</td>
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<tr>
<td class="l data">2009</td>
<td class="r data">      61,176</td>
<td class="r data">      36,654</td>
<td class="r data">    59.9</td>
<td class="r data">      39,003</td>
<td class="r data">      25,519</td>
<td class="r data">    65.4</td>
<td class="r data">      22,173</td>
<td class="r data">      11,135</td>
<td class="r data">    50.2</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td class="l data">2010</td>
<td class="r data">      66,092</td>
<td class="r data">      38,712</td>
<td class="r data">    58.6</td>
<td class="r data">      41,605</td>
<td class="r data">      26,767</td>
<td class="r data">    64.3</td>
<td class="r data">      24,487</td>
<td class="r data">      11,945</td>
<td class="r data">    48.8</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td class="l data">2011</td>
<td class="r data">      67,447</td>
<td class="r data">      38,236</td>
<td class="r data">    56.7</td>
<td class="r data">      42,421</td>
<td class="r data">      26,625</td>
<td class="r data">    62.8</td>
<td class="r data">      25,026</td>
<td class="r data">      11,611</td>
<td class="r data">    46.4</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td class="l data">2012</td>
<td class="r data">      69,163</td>
<td class="r data">      39,463</td>
<td class="r data">    57.1</td>
<td class="r data">      43,482</td>
<td class="r data">      27,413</td>
<td class="r data">    63.0</td>
<td class="r data">      25,681</td>
<td class="r data">      12,050</td>
<td class="r data">    46.9</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td class="l data">2013</td>
<td class="r data">      68,159</td>
<td class="r data">      37,426</td>
<td class="r data">    54.9</td>
<td class="r data">      43,398</td>
<td class="r data">      26,345</td>
<td class="r data">    60.7</td>
<td class="r data">      24,761</td>
<td class="r data">      11,081</td>
<td class="r data">    44.8</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td class="l data">2014</td>
<td class="r data">      68,020</td>
<td class="r data">      36,528</td>
<td class="r data">    53.7</td>
<td class="r data">      44,044</td>
<td class="r data">      26,088</td>
<td class="r data">    59.2</td>
<td class="r data">      23,976</td>
<td class="r data">      10,440</td>
<td class="r data">    43.5</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td class="l data">2015</td>
<td class="r data">      63,283</td>
<td class="r data">      33,769</td>
<td class="r data">    53.4</td>
<td class="r data">      41,555</td>
<td class="r data">      24,428</td>
<td class="r data">    58.8</td>
<td class="r data">      21,728</td>
<td class="r data">       9,341</td>
<td class="r data">    43.0</td>
</tr>
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<td class="l data">2016</td>
<td class="r data">      59,215</td>
<td class="r data">      31,001</td>
<td class="r data">    52.4</td>
<td class="r data">      38,615</td>
<td class="r data">      22,361</td>
<td class="r data">    57.9</td>
<td class="r data">      20,600</td>
<td class="r data">       8,640</td>
<td class="r data">    41.9</td>
</tr>
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<td class="l data">2017</td>
<td class="r data">      55,233</td>
<td class="r data">      28,990</td>
<td class="r data">    52.5</td>
<td class="r data">      35,667</td>
<td class="r data">      20,714</td>
<td class="r data">    58.1</td>
<td class="r data">      19,566</td>
<td class="r data">       8,276</td>
<td class="r data">    42.3</td>
</tr>
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<td>&nbsp;</td><td class="c notecontent" colspan="9">Workers</td>
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<tr>
<td class="l data">2008</td>
<td class="r data">      48,404</td>
<td class="r data">      27,670</td>
<td class="r data">    57.2</td>
<td class="r data">      30,132</td>
<td class="r data">      18,750</td>
<td class="r data">    62.2</td>
<td class="r data">      18,272</td>
<td class="r data">       8,920</td>
<td class="r data">    48.8</td>
</tr>
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<td class="l data">2009</td>
<td class="r data">      57,155</td>
<td class="r data">      33,785</td>
<td class="r data">    59.1</td>
<td class="r data">      36,191</td>
<td class="r data">      23,255</td>
<td class="r data">    64.3</td>
<td class="r data">      20,964</td>
<td class="r data">      10,530</td>
<td class="r data">    50.2</td>
</tr>
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<td class="l data">2010</td>
<td class="r data">      61,775</td>
<td class="r data">      35,620</td>
<td class="r data">    57.7</td>
<td class="r data">      38,639</td>
<td class="r data">      24,318</td>
<td class="r data">    62.9</td>
<td class="r data">      23,136</td>
<td class="r data">      11,302</td>
<td class="r data">    48.9</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td class="l data">2011</td>
<td class="r data">      63,214</td>
<td class="r data">      35,177</td>
<td class="r data">    55.6</td>
<td class="r data">      39,472</td>
<td class="r data">      24,205</td>
<td class="r data">    61.3</td>
<td class="r data">      23,742</td>
<td class="r data">      10,972</td>
<td class="r data">    46.2</td>
</tr>
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<td class="l data">2012</td>
<td class="r data">      64,518</td>
<td class="r data">      36,012</td>
<td class="r data">    55.8</td>
<td class="r data">      40,138</td>
<td class="r data">      24,611</td>
<td class="r data">    61.3</td>
<td class="r data">      24,380</td>
<td class="r data">      11,401</td>
<td class="r data">    46.8</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td class="l data">2013</td>
<td class="r data">      63,473</td>
<td class="r data">      34,034</td>
<td class="r data">    53.6</td>
<td class="r data">      40,031</td>
<td class="r data">      23,590</td>
<td class="r data">    58.9</td>
<td class="r data">      23,442</td>
<td class="r data">      10,444</td>
<td class="r data">    44.6</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td class="l data">2014</td>
<td class="r data">      63,348</td>
<td class="r data">      33,160</td>
<td class="r data">    52.3</td>
<td class="r data">      40,596</td>
<td class="r data">      23,256</td>
<td class="r data">    57.3</td>
<td class="r data">      22,752</td>
<td class="r data">       9,904</td>
<td class="r data">    43.5</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td class="l data">2015</td>
<td class="r data">      58,581</td>
<td class="r data">      30,298</td>
<td class="r data">    51.7</td>
<td class="r data">      38,027</td>
<td class="r data">      21,507</td>
<td class="r data">    56.6</td>
<td class="r data">      20,554</td>
<td class="r data">       8,791</td>
<td class="r data">    42.8</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td class="l data">2016</td>
<td class="r data">      55,043</td>
<td class="r data">      27,960</td>
<td class="r data">    50.8</td>
<td class="r data">      35,498</td>
<td class="r data">      19,802</td>
<td class="r data">    55.8</td>
<td class="r data">      19,545</td>
<td class="r data">       8,158</td>
<td class="r data">    41.7</td>
</tr>
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<td class="l data">2017</td>
<td class="r data">      51,028</td>
<td class="r data">      25,910</td>
<td class="r data">    50.8</td>
<td class="r data">      32,543</td>
<td class="r data">      18,115</td>
<td class="r data">    55.7</td>
<td class="r data">      18,485</td>
<td class="r data">       7,795</td>
<td class="r data">    42.2</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>&nbsp;</td><td class="c notecontent" colspan="9">Widow(er)s</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td class="l data">2008</td>
<td class="r data">       3,753</td>
<td class="r data">       2,713</td>
<td class="r data">    72.3</td>
<td class="r data">       2,650</td>
<td class="r data">       2,168</td>
<td class="r data">    81.8</td>
<td class="r data">       1,103</td>
<td class="r data">         545</td>
<td class="r data">    49.4</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td class="l data">2009</td>
<td class="r data">       3,869</td>
<td class="r data">       2,782</td>
<td class="r data">    71.9</td>
<td class="r data">       2,701</td>
<td class="r data">       2,189</td>
<td class="r data">    81.0</td>
<td class="r data">       1,168</td>
<td class="r data">         593</td>
<td class="r data">    50.8</td>
</tr>
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<td class="l data">2010</td>
<td class="r data">       4,156</td>
<td class="r data">       3,018</td>
<td class="r data">    72.6</td>
<td class="r data">       2,848</td>
<td class="r data">       2,379</td>
<td class="r data">    83.5</td>
<td class="r data">       1,308</td>
<td class="r data">         639</td>
<td class="r data">    48.9</td>
</tr>
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<td class="l data">2011</td>
<td class="r data">       4,085</td>
<td class="r data">       2,964</td>
<td class="r data">    72.6</td>
<td class="r data">       2,830</td>
<td class="r data">       2,330</td>
<td class="r data">    82.3</td>
<td class="r data">       1,255</td>
<td class="r data">         634</td>
<td class="r data">    50.5</td>
</tr>
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<td class="l data">2012</td>
<td class="r data">       4,354</td>
<td class="r data">       3,210</td>
<td class="r data">    73.7</td>
<td class="r data">       3,085</td>
<td class="r data">       2,570</td>
<td class="r data">    83.3</td>
<td class="r data">       1,269</td>
<td class="r data">         640</td>
<td class="r data">    50.4</td>
</tr>
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<td class="l data">2013</td>
<td class="r data">       4,367</td>
<td class="r data">       3,162</td>
<td class="r data">    72.4</td>
<td class="r data">       3,090</td>
<td class="r data">       2,531</td>
<td class="r data">    81.9</td>
<td class="r data">       1,277</td>
<td class="r data">         631</td>
<td class="r data">    49.4</td>
</tr>
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<td class="l data">2014</td>
<td class="r data">       4,345</td>
<td class="r data">       3,121</td>
<td class="r data">    71.8</td>
<td class="r data">       3,146</td>
<td class="r data">       2,589</td>
<td class="r data">    82.3</td>
<td class="r data">       1,199</td>
<td class="r data">         532</td>
<td class="r data">    44.4</td>
</tr>
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<td class="l data">2015</td>
<td class="r data">       4,310</td>
<td class="r data">       3,153</td>
<td class="r data">    73.2</td>
<td class="r data">       3,168</td>
<td class="r data">       2,612</td>
<td class="r data">    82.4</td>
<td class="r data">       1,142</td>
<td class="r data">         541</td>
<td class="r data">    47.4</td>
</tr>
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<td class="l data">2016</td>
<td class="r data">       3,886</td>
<td class="r data">       2,814</td>
<td class="r data">    72.4</td>
<td class="r data">       2,856</td>
<td class="r data">       2,336</td>
<td class="r data">    81.8</td>
<td class="r data">       1,030</td>
<td class="r data">         478</td>
<td class="r data">    46.4</td>
</tr>
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<td class="l data">2017</td>
<td class="r data">       3,905</td>
<td class="r data">       2,846</td>
<td class="r data">    72.9</td>
<td class="r data">       2,856</td>
<td class="r data">       2,372</td>
<td class="r data">    83.1</td>
<td class="r data">       1,049</td>
<td class="r data">         474</td>
<td class="r data">    45.2</td>
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<td>&nbsp;</td><td class="c notecontent" colspan="9">Adult&nbsp;children</td>
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<td class="l data">2008</td>
<td class="r data">         120</td>
<td class="r data">          60</td>
<td class="r data">    50.0</td>
<td class="r data">          85</td>
<td class="r data">          53</td>
<td class="r data">    62.4</td>
<td class="r data">          35</td>
<td class="r data">           7</td>
<td class="r data">    20.0</td>
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<td class="l data">2009</td>
<td class="r data">         152</td>
<td class="r data">          87</td>
<td class="r data">    57.2</td>
<td class="r data">         111</td>
<td class="r data">          75</td>
<td class="r data">    67.6</td>
<td class="r data">          41</td>
<td class="r data">          12</td>
<td class="r data">    29.3</td>
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<td class="l data">2010</td>
<td class="r data">         161</td>
<td class="r data">          74</td>
<td class="r data">    46.0</td>
<td class="r data">         118</td>
<td class="r data">          70</td>
<td class="r data">    59.3</td>
<td class="r data">          43</td>
<td class="r data">           4</td>
<td class="r data">     9.3</td>
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<td class="l data">2011</td>
<td class="r data">         148</td>
<td class="r data">          95</td>
<td class="r data">    64.2</td>
<td class="r data">         119</td>
<td class="r data">          90</td>
<td class="r data">    75.6</td>
<td class="r data">          29</td>
<td class="r data">           5</td>
<td class="r data">    17.2</td>
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<td class="l data">2012</td>
<td class="r data">         291</td>
<td class="r data">         241</td>
<td class="r data">    82.8</td>
<td class="r data">         259</td>
<td class="r data">         232</td>
<td class="r data">    89.6</td>
<td class="r data">          32</td>
<td class="r data">           9</td>
<td class="r data">    28.1</td>
</tr>
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<td class="l data">2013</td>
<td class="r data">         319</td>
<td class="r data">         230</td>
<td class="r data">    72.1</td>
<td class="r data">         277</td>
<td class="r data">         224</td>
<td class="r data">    80.9</td>
<td class="r data">          42</td>
<td class="r data">           6</td>
<td class="r data">    14.3</td>
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<td class="l data">2014</td>
<td class="r data">         327</td>
<td class="r data">         247</td>
<td class="r data">    75.5</td>
<td class="r data">         302</td>
<td class="r data">         243</td>
<td class="r data">    80.5</td>
<td class="r data">          25</td>
<td class="r data">           4</td>
<td class="r data">    16.0</td>
</tr>
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<td class="l data">2015</td>
<td class="r data">         392</td>
<td class="r data">         318</td>
<td class="r data">    81.1</td>
<td class="r data">         360</td>
<td class="r data">         309</td>
<td class="r data">    85.8</td>
<td class="r data">          32</td>
<td class="r data">           9</td>
<td class="r data">    28.1</td>
</tr>
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<td class="l data">2016</td>
<td class="r data">         286</td>
<td class="r data">         227</td>
<td class="r data">    79.4</td>
<td class="r data">         261</td>
<td class="r data">         223</td>
<td class="r data">    85.4</td>
<td class="r data">          25</td>
<td class="r data">           4</td>
<td class="r data">    16.0</td>
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<td class="l data">2017</td>
<td class="r data">         300</td>
<td class="r data">         234</td>
<td class="r data">    78.0</td>
<td class="r data">         268</td>
<td class="r data">         227</td>
<td class="r data">    84.7</td>
<td class="r data">          32</td>
<td class="r data">           7</td>
<td class="r data">    21.9</td>
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<td colspan="10" class="footer">SOURCE: Social Security Administration, Disability Research file, 100 percent data. <br></br> NOTES: Data are current through June 2018. <br></br> Because a number of applications remain pending for more recent years, the allowance rate will change over time. <br></br> Applications with a medical decision may be pending a final nonmedical decision or be subsequently denied for nonmedical reasons. <br></br> Data from 1992 through 1998 are available for disabled workers only. <br></br> SSI = Supplemental Security Income. <br></br> a. Rate determined by dividing medical allowances by all medical decisions for that year. <br></br> b. Rate for the Social Security portion only. <br></br> CONTACT: (410) 965-0090 or statistics@ssa.gov.
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